BERT STERN (1929-2013): MARILYN MONROE COMING OUT OF THE FRAME

Marilyn Monroe "coming out of the frame" by photographer Bert Stern signed and copyrighted stamped in 2010 Edition 13 x 72 inches Digital print on Matte paper size of image 9.75 x 8 inches supplied with Bert Stern Coa. Bert Stern was one of the leading photographers of the 1950s and 1960s. Like his contemporaries Richard Avedon and Irving Penn, Stern pioneered a new photographic aesthetic, preferring uncluttered and emotionally direct images that strove not only to showcase the human figure but also to capture a sense of the subject s psychology. Encouraged to pursue photography by Stanley Kubrick, Stern s reputation quickly grew as he worked for commercial companies such as Revlon. He became a mainstay for fashion magazines like Vogue, and his portfolio featured such superstars as Twiggy, Truman Capote, and Audrey Hepburn. Stern famously captured Marilyn Monroe in The Last Sitting, the actress s last group of portraits taken six weeks before her death.